Cooperative Learning

1. Lisa Doherty dulidoherty@gmail.com dulidoherty.wordpress.com Cooperative Learning

2. Effective Pair Work

3. Pairing Students • Find someone whose name begins with the same letter as yours: • Jose Juana • Lisa Laura • What is your name?

4. Warm upTennis Game

5. Topics • Numbers 1-10, 1-20 • Days of the week • Months of the year • 10 verbs

6. Who can a student communicate with in the class? • the teacher? • all at the same time?

8. Student to Student mode

9. TTT = 50% STT = 50% TTT+ 0% STT= 100%

10. Forcing Language • Information gap activities • This is an activity where the students HAVE TO talk to each other in order to complete the activity.

11. A Gap • Her name is _____________. • What _____ your favorite foods? • What is a gap? A lack of information, a missing piece

12. Information Gap Activity Student A “How much is the ______?” “It is ______.” Student B “It is _______” “How much is the _____?” $1.00 PEN PEN $5.00 RULER RULER

13. There is/are_______________.

14. Think/Pair/Share

15. Think-Pair-Share • THINK- Teacher gives an assignment and all the Ss do it individually • PAIR - Then they share their answers in pairs • SHARE - Then they share their answers with the class

16. Pairing Students • Find someone who was born in the same month. • JulyJuly • OctoberOctober • When were you born? • What is your birth date? • When is your birthday?

17. What is/are there? There is a _____. There are ____.

18. Think-Pair-Share • THINK- Teacher gives an assignment and all the Ss do it individually • PAIR - Then they share/check their answers in pairs • SHARE - Then they share their answers with the class • Whatisgoodaboutthistechnique?

19. What were you saying to each other in your pairs? • Did you speak in English? • all the time? • I (as the teacher) wanted you to practice the grammar “There is …… and There are….”. Were you using those phrases?

20. When I monitored, this is what I heard……

21. Shared Language • Language we give Ss so that they DON’T speak in their first language. • English Only Classroom • They use the grammar that we want them to use.

22. Shared Language A: There is a ____. OR There are____. B: Yes, I have the same. A: There is a ____. OR There are ____. B: No, I don’t have that. Repeat, please.(writes it down). Switch

23. Pairing Students • Decide if you are a tortilla or a bean. • Find your OPPOSITE. Are you __________? What are you?

24. Shared Language A: There is a ____. OR There are____. B: Yes, I have the same. A: There is a ____. OR There are ____. B: No, I don’t have that. Repeat, please.(writes it down). Break

25. Mr. Bean • He is running. • Drive sleep • Walk watch • Stand fall • Sing kneel • Sit read • Look

26. Teacher Roles • Facilitator and guide. • What do you do? • Observing • Error correcting • Keep Ss on task • Make sure they are using English • Answer questions

27. What is the teacher doing?

28. 3 pass system(at least) Pass 1I check to see that Ss understand. Pass 2 I correct errors. Pass 3 I see that Ss are almost finished so that I can finish the activity.

29. How to ensure successful Pair Work?EnglishOnly • The activity is modeled by the teacher • The activity is interesting • The teacher gives Ss the sharedlanguage necessary to complete the assignment • The activity forces use of oral language in the target language(they NEED to use English) • The teacher monitors groups and brings students back to target language(not “speak English”)------break

30. Effective Group Work

31. Category Activity

32. Cooperative Group Roles • Leader • Recorder • Timer • Speaker • Spellchecker/Language Monitor • Spy • Ambassador

33. Ambassador • Once the group has finished the task the Ambassador fulfills their role • They must go to every group and check their answers • They should see which ones they have in common and which ones are different

34. Ambassadors

35. Thank you! • PLEASE TRY ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN YOUR TEACHING THIS WEEK!